Support for violins, violin bows, and the like



May 20, 1930. D. SZIGETI 1,758,985

. SUPPORT FOR VIOLINS, VIOLIN BOWS, AND THE LIKE Filed June 20, 1927 a xa 13 E [fl A4 INVENTOR a ATTORNEY Patented May 20, 1930 llbllTED STATESPATENT OFFlQE DEZSG SZEGETI, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SUPPORT FOR VIOLINS, VIOLIN BOHS, AND THE LIKE Application filed June20, 1927.

llVBlltlOl l 111621113 1 01 supporting a violin, and i lesired, a violinially the general har. 1 j Jted torcon- .3 venient use with the usual.misic stand or desk, and ainrs to devise means of the general characterccilied which are lo structio i, iich may be readily convenl ientlyabriczued, and which, in use, are very I.) well aoapcc tor theconvenient and secure positionin of a violin and violin bow, vheu thesame are not in use but desired to securely POSlLi nod for in'nnediate'labil- 1 i strument must be ity wnen If; Gther objects and advantagesor d vices of the present invention will in pa l e pointed out in do lhereinafter and will in part be obvious to those skilled in the art towhich the present invention relates.

51 3 Q in the accon'ipanying specification 1 shall the press 0invention:

is a view in slde elevation showing aid illustrative en bodiment of thepresent i ivention Fig. II is a top plan view of the same; and Fig. Illis a front view or" the same. Referring now to the aforesaidillustrative embodiment ention, and

tne present im more particularly to the drawing illustrating the same,10 indicates the main b1 dy portion or connecting and s ip 'iortingiiember forming a part of said embodiment. The member 10 preferablyconsists of a strip of metal of sutlicient strength to serve assuitablesupporting and connecting means for the remaining portions ofthe device. The member 10 prererably has the shape and configurationshown in the drawing, although other forms of connecting member may beconveniently employed.

Adjacent one end of the same, the membe carries a clamping portion 11,preferably n the form Serial No. 199,803.

of a spring clamping device having the spring arms 12 and 13 adapted toclasp between them the neck of the violin or hole other end, the member10 is 1 means, generally designated character l-l, for attaching the toa music desk or stand or supporting means. nember 10 may be provided 0p-For this posits the end to which the clamping mem cl ampi nate l b A inng scre ice with th necessary ri 'idit i to the music 7 v or en 0 isattached, with a plurality oi bracket bars 15 and 16, suitably attachedwith the y rigidity to the member 10. One of the lower member 16, is Jprovided with means, generally n, reference c iaracter 1'? and, for nthe term of an adjustable clampiilar device, for attaching the stand orother suitable support for the ending in the opposite direction from theng means 1a; is means, generally desig- *v rererence character i8, 161supporting the violin and also, if desired, the violin bow, and. adaptedto receive the weight of the instrument and to lock the same securely inbe rea tion 1r such a manner that the same may released for instant use.

For this purpose, 1 ureter that the means 18 shall comurality ofsupporting members 19 and 20. I prefer that one of the supportingmembers, the member 19, shall be relatively .hort and shall have thehey-engaging portion 21.

I prefer that the other supporting member 20 shall be relatively longand shall have the hey-engaging portion 22 and the bowreceiving anprefer also th be hingedlv a d supporting portion 2?). he members 19 and9.0 shall hed to a suitable portion of hey portions of the sam sad ofthe 'iolin adjacent the correspondthese being the keys that control theE and G strings of the iolin, respectively.

This completes the description of the aforesaid illustrative embodimentof the present invention. The structure of said embodiment will, it isbelieved, be clear from the foregoing description. Likewise the mannerof assembling the same will be clear from the foregoing description. Inuse, the musician loosens the clamping screw or other member byunscrewing the same a sufficient amount in order to permit the entranceof a portion of the music desk or stand between the bracket portions 15and 16. Thereupon the member 17 is operated in the opposite direction inorder to securely clamp the device on the desired portion of the musicdesk or stand.

When the musician desires to have the violin and bow supported by thedevice, he spreads the supporting members 19 and 20 apart against theaction of the springs 19 and 20, respectively, and slips in the head orscroll of the violin so that the key controlling the E string rests onthe portion 21 of the member 19, while the key controlling the G stringrests on the portion 22 of the member 20. At the same time, the neck ofthe violin is slipped in between the spring clamping portions 11 and 12,thus securely positioning the violin. The bow may now be supported onthe portion 23. The violin has been generally indicated by referencecharacter V and the bow by reference character B.

When it is desired to remove the violin and the bow, the supportingmembers 19 and 20 may be spread apart against the action of the springs19 and 20, respectively, and the bow and violin quickly removed. It willthus be noted that the device provides convenient means for securelypositioning the violin and bow until the same are desired to be usedagain, and permits their ready removal for use. This completes thedescription of the manner of using the aforesaid illustrative embodimentof the present invention.

ther advantages and superiorities of the devices of the presentinvention will readily occur to those skilled in the art to which thepresent invention relates.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. Supporting means for a violin and the like, comprising a connectingmember, means to attach said connecting member to a suitable support,means associated with said connecting member for engaging the keys of aviolin, and means cooperating with said key engaging means for receivingthe neck of said violin.

2. Supporting means for a violin and the like, comprising a connectingmember, spring clamping means adjacent one end thereof for receiving theneck of the violin or the like, means associated with said connectingmemher for attaching the same to a suitable support and means adjacentthe other end of said connecting member for engaging a plurality ofspaced key portions of said violin or the like.

3. Supporting means for a violin and the like, comprising a connectingmember, means adjacent one end thereof for receiving the neck of theviolin or the like, means associated with said connecting member forattaching the same to a suitable support and means comprising aplurality of hinged spaced members positioned adjacent the other end ofsaid connecting member for engaging a plurality of spaced key portionsof said violin or the like.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification this13th day of June, 1927.

nnzso SZIGETI.

